“Well, I read the book you left last time.” “Oh, what do you think of
it?” They were off and all was as usual. But was it? Weren’t they just
a little too quick, too prompt with their replies, too ready to take
each other up? Was this really anything more than a wonderfully good
imitation of other occasions? His heart beat; her cheek burned and the
stupid thing was she could not discover where exactly they were or what
exactly was happening. She hadn’t time to glance back. And just as she
had got so far it happened again. They faltered, wavered, broke down,
were silent. Again they were conscious of the boundless, questioning
dark. Again, there they were—two hunters, bending over their fire, but
hearing suddenly from the jungle beyond a shake of wind and a loud,
questioning cry...
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